Commercial Flights

Board your overnight transatlantic flight.

Sightseeing

Time to rest or start exploring the “Eternal City.”

At 6 p.m. meet your Tour Director and traveling companions for a special welcome dinner at a local restaurant. (D)

Sightseeing

Discover Ancient Rome & the Vatican. (Tue.) Morning sightseeing with your Local Guide starts with a visit to the VATICAN MUSEUMS and SISTINE CHAPEL, world-famous for Michelangelo’s ceiling paintings and The Last Judgement. Continue to monumental ST. PETER’S SQUARE and BASILICA. Cross the Tiber and visit one of the New 7 Wonders of the World®, the COLOSSEUM. Here, you’ll learn about life as a gladiator and get a FAMILY PICTURE WITH A GLADIATOR (if available). Finish your tour at the ROMAN FORUM, where Roman legions marched in triumph. Afternoon at leisure. Your Tour Director will have suggestions for exciting optional excursions. (BB)

Sightseeing

This morning, drive north to Florence, cradle of the Renaissance. Follow your Local Guide to visit the ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS with Michelangelo’s celebrated David and admire the magnificent cathedral, Giotto’s Bell Tower, the Baptistry’s heavy bronze “Gate of Paradise,” and sculpturestudded SIGNORIA SQUARE. In the afternoon, time to check out the enticing shops with Florentine leather goods and gold jewelry.

Cooking Classes

Tonight, enjoy a festive PIZZA PARTY at a local restaurant where an Italian chef demonstrates just how Italian pizzas are made! (BB,D)

Sightseeing

Drive across the Apennine Hills and through the plains of the mighty River Po to Venice. Enter the city in style by PRIVATE BOAT. Enjoy a unique experience: create your own VENETIAN CARNIVAL MASK. Then walk through narrow streets along the canals and across scenic bridges to ST. MARK’S SQUARE with its byzantine Basilica. Take pictures of the Clock Tower, lavish Doges’ Palace and the Bridge of Sighs. Free time to wander at whim or join an optional gondola serenade.

A PASTA DINNER at a local restaurant is included. (BB,D)

Sightseeing

Travel past Romeo and Juliet’s Verona and past Milan to Lake Maggiore. Stop in Stresa and explore its little streets, then continue over the impressive Simplon Pass reaching the Swiss Valais renowned for its famous mountain resorts.

Trains

In Täsch, board the COG RAIL MOUNTAIN TRAIN to climb the last few miles up to the picturesque village of Zermatt at the base of the Matterhorn. (BB)

Sightseeing

With free time in Zermatt this morning, you may choose to take an optional excursion up Europe’s highest open-air railway on Gornergrat Mountain to experience incomparable panoramic views of Switzerland’s loftiest peaks, including the famed Matterhorn.

Hotels

In the late afternoon, continue to Lake Geneva for an overnight in Lausanne, home to the International Olympic Committee. (BB,D)

Trains

Depart for Paris this morning on board the famous high-speed “TGV” TRAIN.

Sightseeing

Upon arrival in Paris, ride the elevators to the top of the EIFFEL TOWER and enjoy spectacular views of the city.

This evening, why not take part in an optional dinner experience at a Parisian restaurant followed by an illumination drive? (BB)

Sightseeing

This morning, explore the world capital of chic and style with a Local Guide and admire its most famous sights: the Opéra, Arc de Triomphe, Champs-Elysées, and visit NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL. Afternoon and evening at leisure. An optional excursion to the Louvre Museum is available. (BB)

Sightseeing

Today is at leisure for exploration on your own, or consider an excursion to Disneyland Paris.

Tonight, a farewell dinner has been included at a local restaurant to celebrate the success of your European vacation. (BB,D)

Airport Transfers

Your homebound flight from Paris arrives the same day. (BB)